21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Hindu devotees celebrate Rakher Upbash

Every year thousands of Hindu devotees gather in front of Shri Shri Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram temple for the Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash religious festival in Barodi, Near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faithful sit in front of candles light ( named locally as Prodip ) and absorb in prayer. Lokenath Brahmachari who is called Baba Lokenath was an 18th Century Hindu saint and philosopher in Bengal. Hindu worshipers fast and pray in earnest to the gods for their favors during the traditional ritual called Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash.Barodi, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The temple premises come alive when thousands of diyas start burning together. Light from million lamps, intense smoke from dhunachi, high peach rhythm of chanting and devotees absorbed in prayers creates breath-taking ambiance.

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Date Taken: 11.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Narayangonj, Bangladesh
Camera: L1D-20c
Copyright: © Pinu Rahman